One of the most important tools that a filmmaker has are his/her notes.

I associate my motion picture career more with being unhappy and scared, or being under the gun, than with anything pleasant.

I'm very proud of my flops, as much as of my successes.

I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic.

The essence of cinema is editing.

The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work.

The internet in hotels should be free - and I really resent it when they charge you five dollars for a bottle of water beside your bed.